Helping students master a range of individual words is a vital part of effective vocabulary instruction. Describing a program for teaching individual words in the K-8 classroom, this book combines the latest research with vivid illustrations from real classrooms.

Building on Michael Gravess bestseller, The Vocabulary Book, this new resource offers a comprehensive plan for vocabulary instruction that K12 teachers can use with English language learners. It is broad enough to include instruction for students who are just beginning to build their English vocabularies, as well as for students whose English vocabularies are approaching those of native speakers. The authors describe a four-pronged program that follows these key components: providing rich and varied language experiences; teaching individual words; teaching word learning strategies; and...

Incorporating the newest research in vocabulary acquisition into the four-part model of vocabulary instruction that made the first edition a bestseller, this edition emphasizes vocabulary as an important tool in meeting the needs of increasingly diverse students. It also includes new instructional approaches to teaching vocabulary that have been classroom-tested since the previous edition.